Voting Process
When important changes to the project as a whole need to happen, it comes down to a vote. This policy describes how voting is done within Alpine. If a given action calls for a vote, it should link here.
Call for Vote
When an event that necessitates a vote occurs, one should call for a vote. A team member may call for a vote by requesting it of either any team’s admin (including theirs) or by requesting a special project-wide vote from the Base team.
| If the person that wishes for a vote is an admin, they may implicitly receive and accept their own call. |
| The base team may refuse to hold a project-wide vote, in which case they will organize an admin vote. |
Admin Vote
All team administrators vote. The medium of the vote is undefined (for example, it may be done in a meeting, through a mailing list, or through irc, so long as it is logged publicly). The voting process has a time limit of 2 weeks. If a 2/3 majority is reached within the time limit, the motion passes. If it is not, but no one objects, the motion fails. If someone objects, then the Base team takes over.
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Objecting to a failed motion should ONLY be done in extreme situations. Pushing a motion unto base at this stage would mean that, were it to fail again, it cannot be re-voted upon without a massive rework. If you accept the failure at this stage, you may modify it slightly (as per the requests of the people against it) and bring it back up. |
| In the scenario where the topic of a vote is not a simple yes/no question, the vote shall be done in condorcet style, in which various options are ranked by preference. |
Base Vote
If a significant objection is levered, the Base team members that are not admins also vote. These votes are added to the existing tally. If 2/3 majority has now been reached, the motion passes. If that is not the case, the Base team may choose to hold a project-wide vote (similarly to if it were requested directly).
| Base may also decide the issue on the spot, if they deem it appropriate. This is expected to align with the project’s goals and guiding principles. |
| If there is consensus among the Base team that an issue should be voted on by the entire project, the first part of the above may be skipped. |
Project-Wide Vote
If the base team accepts a request to hold a project-wide vote, or a regular vote escalates to the degree that it is necessary, this option comes into play. In this scenario, a vote is held by the same rules as an Admin Vote, except that instead of only the team admins voting, any member of any team is allowed to cast a vote. If that vote fails to meet a 2/3 majority (of the people that vote) within the time limit, the motion fails, end of discussion. The motion may not be brought back up without significant modifications afterwards.